As most of you know there are going to be no heli crashes in the Stand Alone. What do you think should be implemented instead? I think it would be cool to have a 'gun house', or even a few of them that spawn in random house's around Chernarus on the server restart. It would be the equalivent of a heli crash but inside a house! There would be no sign that it was a special house, you would have to just stumble across it. What do you guys think?

My old 2nd gen Ipod shat out so i shot it with my .22, it didnt even go right through. And thats only a tiny, thin piece aluminium, so like AP said, 1/4 inch steel would probably stop 5.56, but it would be annoying as heel to lug a sheet of steel round on your chest!

If they introduced guns like this it would stop people shooting you when you take them hostage and they drop their guns, but then shot you with a gun out of their pack. They'd be putting their gun together and you'd be able to kill them before they killed you! Since the SA is focusing on more civilian weapons I'd love to see the takedown .22 and maybe a .308 or 7mm08 Bagara Scout included!

I have no experience with m4's and the other 'military' weapons, but Im guessing it would work somehow like that. Heres a picture of the ruger .22 I was talking about, its quite a simple concept really.

This would be good, but unfortunately very few guns (rifles anyway) are made to be folded down into a backpack, obviously there are more than this but the only two I can think of are the Bagara scout and a Ruger .22, maybe these fold down type firearms could also be relatively rare?

That would be so cool! Would be an awesome way to get away from zombies

If SA turned out like this then I would be all for the manuals. You have my beans!

The DayZ helicopters are a hell of a lot different to real life helicopters, and gutting an animal is different than real life. It is made easier because this is just a video game. And who's going to give you those flight lessons if it was made like real life?

Im sorry, but I think not being able to fly a helicopter because you dont have a manual on you is bullshit. Thats like saying we cant fire a gun if we dont have a firearms manual on us, its just not realistic. If you know how to fly a helicopter then you can fly a helicopter, the manual should just have the controls and maybe a few tactics for getting out of a heli fight. So then the noobs to flying helis can go to one, and fly it, they have still learned from the manual because they have read it and taken in the information. Bringing in the aspect of 'personal knowledge' so to speak

I ran from Electro to Gorka then to Stary and then the NWAF the other day after being killed, in between Electro and Gorka I found 3 crashes, and from Gorka to the others I found another 4. I was pretty much set before I even got to my destination. If anything they need to be even rarer and spawn a few more guns at each site IMO.

And I also have another request, my 5x L85's and 2 nvg's for 2 ghillies and a dmr?

What would you like to trade?

Even if they just slow down enough so I have enough time to take the driver out, then I can take the crew out because I have the element of surprise

A good tactic I like to use for traps is to put 3 or 4 tank traps on the other side of a small rise and sit just off the side of the road and wait for a vehicle to come along and smash themselves up, then I kill the inhabitants and take their gear. And maybe the vehicle if I can repair it quick enough before they come back

We have much in common! I tried sniping this fella while he was looting the Stary tents and I could't steady the shot, so I waited for him to run and shot him first time. I think its the fact that when they are staying still you have lots of time to take the shot and you end up thinking about it too much and doubting yourself, but when he's running for cover you dont think. You just line him up and take the shot.

Thats a good idea! Imagine getting all excited about getting some good gear and then finding some pasta, hahaha.

Exactly, maybe a more better way of saying it is more precise senses. What if when you've been alive for x amount of time that your hearing picks up to the smaller details. For example, I stalked a bambi killer on sniper hill last week, I proned about 200m to him and he didnt hear a thing. If this new system was in and he had been alive for a decent amount of time then he might have been able to hear the slight rustling of leaves when I crawled over them. Im not really sure how vision could be improved though, any ideas?

I beg to differ, my whole family are hunters. Our hearing and vision is a hell of a lot more accurate than your average person's, Not necessarily 'better' but we have learned to focus on certain aspects of vision and sound. This is because we have spent so long out in the bush, so in a way, this idea is very feasible!

These guns are going to be rarer than they are right now in the mod, so I think having lots of guards having m4's and other military weapons defeats the purpose of making them rarer.

The combo I have right now is working great! As my primary I have a M4A1 CCO SD, easy killing zeds and low noise without having to get out a pistol with shitty sights. It also has full auto which makes getting multiple rounds required for the kill on rival players is easy. Side arm is a PDW, I love the 30 round mag on it, the capability of taking m9, m9sd and g17 mags and also its a great gun for close quarters PvP, switch to full auto and just spray! In my bag I have an m24, incase I spot a bandit from far away or I've been out smarted in a close quarters fight and need to retreat but I still want to kill the bastard that tried shooting me! Edit: I've swapped out the M4A1 CCO SD for a M14 AIM and the M24 for a DMR. I've always avoided the DMR because of its lack of ranging because I always carried rangefinders on me and with an accurate range the M24 is more accurate. But after dieing and losing my range finders I decided to try out the DMR, went to NEAF and got shot at by a guy so I fell back and took him out with an estimated 700m shot. I now love the DMR! I use the M14 AIM because its good using the same mags for your sniper and assualt rifle because of the space it saves in your inventory. I carry M9SD mags for my PDW to take care of zombies without attracting more unwanted attention.

How would you feel about tradinbg my 5 l85's for 3 ghillies and 2-3 tents?

Devils, Zub and Rog. If I count correctly thats 3 castles.

How many tents can I get with 2 nvgs and a m9sd with 4 mags?

Would you trade 5 L85A2 HOLO's and 1 nvg for 5 ghillie suits and a coyote pack? Maybe a rangfinder too if your in good mood?

As the title suggests, I have 5 l85's to trade. Here are my offers: 1x L85 for 2x Ghillie Suits 1x L85 for 1x tent 3x L85 for full set of car parts If you have any of these items and wish to posses a L85 then you're in luck! My preferred trades are for tents but I will take Ghilles or car parts too. Im also open to negotiations. Post your negotiations here and PM me if you have what Im looking for. Cheers